What is ALIBI? Definition of ALIBI in Black's Law Dictionary
Lat. In criminal law, elsewhere; in another place. State v. Hubbard, 351 Mo. 143, 171 S. W.2d 701, 706.
Means that at time of commission of crime charged in indictment defendant was at different place so remote or distant or under such circumstances that he could not have committed offense. State v. Parsons, 206 Iowa 390, 220N.W. 328, 330. It is a physical circumstance and derives its entire potency as a defense from fact that it involves the physical impossibility of guilt of accused. Gregg v. State, 69 Okl.Cr. 103, 101 P.2d 289, 296. Strictly it is not a defense though usually called such in criminal procedure. State v. Norman, 103 Ohio St. 541, 134 N.E. 474.
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